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by scrod 16y ago
After many many disk benchmarks, we eventually found that ZFS had the best performance of all the other included file systems on the latest version FreeBSD. I highly recommend the combination.
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by scrod 16y ago
Yes, that would be where you would start, but I mentioned Growl because it comes packaged as a self-updating framework.
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by scrod 16y ago
In the absence of Apple's cooperation, a standard build of the MacRuby framework could be distributed independently, à la Growl ( http://growl.info/ ). In this way developers could not only drastically reduce the size of their downloads, bu
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by scrod 16y ago
Example traits of an "anti-mac" computer: - Users are "The Post-Nintendo Generation" (grown up with computers) - Work, play, groupware, embedded, and ubiquitous - Humongous computer (multi-gigabyte RAM, Cray-on-a-chip RISC processor
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by scrod 16y ago
Really? Huffington Post is the most leftist/socialist site on the planet? Maybe in the eyes of Fox News viewers. Arianna Huffington herself ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arianna_Huffington ) is very, very far from being affiliated with
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by scrod 16y ago
I up-voted it because I thought it was supposed to be ironic.
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by scrod 16y ago
Don't forget the "Abort" button.
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by scrod 16y ago
I haven't yet seen a suggestion for sound-dampening blankets/foam. If you live in an urban area, keeping the bedrooms quiet could be a huge pay-off as even minor sleep disruptions (you don't even have to be aware of them, let alone be awoke
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by scrod 16y ago
Cool, now I can add the memory footprint of an entirely separate browser instance just to check my email! What a great idea.
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by scrod 16y ago
Oh, too bad then.
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by scrod 16y ago
Why ask them? Just price the Apple-payment-system version 30% higher than your own and let customers see the difference.
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by scrod 16y ago
Thanks, Steve, much obliged.
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by scrod 16y ago
To me, a Markdown preview is somewhat orthogonal to the process of storing and retrieving notes for personal reference, so I've been hesitant to add it so far. But if people derive value from a live Markdown-processed web page, then I can t
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by scrod 16y ago
The forked build of Notational Velocity that Steve references is now quite a bit behind the official version: http://notational.net/releasenotes/release2/#b4 Especially if you're storing your notes as separate files, syncing to Dropbox,
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by scrod 16y ago
So many people seem to conveniently ignore this fact, and yet the consequences are so evident today that you would have to be blind to deny it.
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by scrod 16y ago
>Communism sucks, so there's no alternative to the 0.1% (winner) takes all (80%) system that we've got. Wow, thanks for making things so clear. I had no idea that the alternative to our emerging world of total corporate feudalism was st
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Notational Velocity has a horizontal layout option and OpenMeta support(scrod.posterous.com)
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by scrod 16y ago
Maybe if you mod down my comments even more this story will cease to be true as well.
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by scrod 16y ago
Bye bye, Google Chrome. This is me deleting you from my Mac.
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by scrod 16y ago
You're assuming that the people who want access to your data don't already work at Google: http://gawker.com/5637234/
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by scrod 16y ago
Why do wealthy corporations fire poorly performing employees but not bad corporate officers? That question is probably more important and relevant than trying to find yet another rationalization for attacking the middle class. That articles
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by scrod 16y ago
This is an excellent point. The decline of unions is probably one of the greatest reasons why wages have stagnated over the last 30 years.
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by scrod 16y ago
>... "Fapws done right" I know if I were the author of Fapws I would probably find that section a little irritating.
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by scrod 16y ago
This is a perfect example of how the negative liberties implied in "free markets" can destroy our actually experienced liberties (particularly in the case of free speech), and thus underscore the importance of positive liberties (i.e., on
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by scrod 16y ago
>Perhaps the providers of 10Mbps+ wireline service should tear out their last mile wires and install wireless transmitters for the last hop instead, so they can fall under the same looser regulations... What, you mean like this? http:/
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by scrod 16y ago
>DHS should really be focusing resources on domestic terrorism rather than shutting down a few websites. Sadly, DHS itself is probably a far greater source of domestic terror than any currently operating independent group.
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by scrod 16y ago
If you don't turn your computer on at least once a day, then chances are you aren't reading your email on it. Run your calendar/bill-reminder software on the machine you use the most (which you'd do naturally, anyway) — whether it be your p
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by scrod 16y ago
>Mint.com sends you an email. If Mint.com did not have unencrypted access to your data, it could not provide you with this service. That's a terrible example. If this is your primary argument for web services, then they've been obsolete
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by scrod 16y ago
Is long-term solitary confinement torture? http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/03/30/090330fa_fact_... The answer: Yes, it is.
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by scrod 16y ago
The gist of the article: Security on the web is broken in many technical ways. Therefore, we should strive to change social practices regarding the use of a technology that is completely independent of the web, instead of actually fixing th

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